Out of the Silent Planet Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Out of the Silent Planet Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom pilfer from the galley?
(a) Seven days rations
(b) A frying pan
(c) A knife
(d) A cup and saucer

2. When the ship is landing what is Ransom doing?
(a) Trying to find something heavy to hit Weston over the head with
(b) Wondering where they are
(c) Thinking about escape
(d) He is deeply engaged in thought

3. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?
(a) The actual account of the solar system he will learn on Malacandra
(b) The fact that he will travel in space again very soon
(c) The light of the religion on Malacandra
(d) The dark place where he will be taken

4. While drugged, Ransom has a dream in which he meets:
(a) some strange creatures
(b) a black unicorn
(c) a dog and cat
(d) his mother and father

5. The name of the place where the simple-minded boy is being held and which Ransom finds to be an uninviting place:
(a) Barren Heights
(b) The Eyrie
(c) Jackson Hallows
(d) The Rise

6. What does the ship run on, as explained by Weston?
(a) hydrogen
(b) geothermal energy
(c) nuclear power
(d) solar radiation

7. When he closely examines the walls how do they appear?
(a) They have small, raised bumps on them
(b) They aren't really there
(c) They are joined seamlessly with the floor
(d) They are square

8. What position does Ransom take on the ship?
(a) Navigator
(b) Morale officer
(c) Cook
(d) Weapons officer

9. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) hearing a refridgerator running
(b) in some sort of airship
(c) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects
(d) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance

10. Why is she concerned about Harry?
(a) Harry is on the roof and can't get down
(b) Harry has run away from home
(c) Harry has fallen from a tree
(d) He is late returning home from working at The Rise

11. Ransom plans to use the pilfered object(s) to:
(a) kill himself if necessary
(b) be ready to camp out on the planet when they land
(c) have a way of surviving alone for a week
(d) have tea alone in his room

12. What does Ransom think the empty rooms are for?
(a) So eventually they can take passengers for pay
(b) They couldn't fill them or it would be too heavy
(c) To bring creatures back from the planet
(d) He supposes they are meant to carry some cargo back to Earth

13. What does Ransom do first after he arrives at the village?
(a) He shakes hands with all the hross
(b) He takes a bath
(c) He throws a ball with the children
(d) He falls asleep

14. What are the three men doing in Ransom's dream?
(a) Climbing over a wall
(b) Having dinner
(c) Fighting
(d) Smoking pipes together

15. Ransom's dream mentioned in question #16 foreshadows:
(a) his eventual trip to Malacandra
(b) his desire to meet men from Mars
(c) his death at an early age
(d) his becoming addicted to the drugs Devine gives him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom hear when he gets into the backyard of the Rise?

2. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?

3. As Ransom loses consciousness what does he sense?

4. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?

5. What does Ransom do with the Hross?

(see the answer keys)

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